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diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
index 1d74faf1b3..4bc1a9a644 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1999</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>1999</year><year>2014</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@
<item> The DER encoded trusted certificates. If this option
is supplied it will override the cacertfile option.</item>
- <tag>{cacertfile, path()}</tag>
- <item>Path to file containing PEM encoded
- CA certificates (trusted certificates used for verifying a peer
- certificate). May be omitted if you do not want to verify
- the peer.</item>
-
<tag>{ciphers, ciphers()}</tag>
<item>The cipher suites that should be supported. The function
<c>cipher_suites/0</c> can be used to find all ciphers that are
@@ -354,7 +348,13 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
<item>Specifies if client should try to reuse sessions
when possible.
</item>
-
+
+ <tag>{cacertfile, path()}</tag>
+ <item>The path to a file containing PEM encoded CA certificates. The CA
+ certificates are used during server authentication and when building the
+ client certificate chain.
+ </item>
+
<tag>{client_preferred_next_protocols, {Precedence :: server | client, ClientPrefs :: [binary()]}}</tag>
<tag>{client_preferred_next_protocols, {Precedence :: server | client, ClientPrefs :: [binary()], Default :: binary()}}</tag>
<item>
@@ -403,7 +403,17 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
meaning in the server than in the client.</p>
<taglist>
-
+
+ <tag>{cacertfile, path()}</tag>
+ <item>The path to a file containing PEM encoded CA
+ certificates. The CA certificates are used to build the server
+ certificate chain, and for client authentication. Also the CAs
+ are used in the list of acceptable client CAs passed to the
+ client when a certificate is requested. May be omitted if there
+ is no need to verify the client and if there are not any
+ intermediate CAs for the server certificate.
+ </item>
+
<tag>{dh, der_encoded()}</tag>
<item>The DER encoded Diffie Hellman parameters. If this option
is supplied it will override the dhfile option.
@@ -460,6 +470,10 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
</item>
<tag>{log_alert, boolean()}</tag>
<item>If false, error reports will not be displayed.</item>
+ <tag>{honor_cipher_order, boolean()}</tag>
+ <item>If true, use the server's preference for cipher selection. If false
+ (the default), use the client's preference.
+ </item>
</taglist>
</section>